Journal Junction for January 18th

In still another of the incessant, and tediously redundant, attacks on the president, syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker ends her latest diatribe with “all for that stupid wall.” Perhaps Ms. Parker knows something I don’t, but I am unable to assign any intellectual properties to an inanimate object. I submit, however, that if a wall was in fact capable of thinking, it would probably possess more common sense than displayed by Ms. Parker and all her hate against Trump.

From Martinsburg:

We have a child running our country. He didn’t get his way, so he shut parts of the government down and now hundreds of thousands of us are out of a job. Way to unite us, huh?

From Charles Town:

Where is the moral outrage against the Russians for mass murdering LBGTQ individuals? Is the media not covering it because Trump sent a rebuke, or does it not matter since it’s not happening here?

From Hedgesville:

We need to stop and consider why are we paying Congress to do their jobs to help the people, when instead they fight against everything Trump is doing. Millions of dollars have been wasted on investigations and security for a bunch of people protesting. I believe the economy is better than it’s ever been. You better re-think the socialism and open borders you’re wishing for.

From Jefferson County:

Remember in March 2018 and when President Donald Trump was told he would get what he wanted if he just signed the Omnibus Spending Bill, and even the Democrats agreed? And then he said he would never sign off on another unless it had provisions for funding his border security, including a structure, and the Democrats just smirked, meaning they lied, again. Well let’s see what shakes out now since he is holding them to their word.

From Harpers Ferry:

If walls don’t work, why do castles have them?

From Martinsburg:

I think it’s awful how President Donald Trump is holding the government hostage. It’s not the Democrats, it’s Trump. He can blame it on anybody he wants to blame, but it’s not the Democrats. I think it’s downright awful, he’ll never get re-elected.

From Morgan County:

Teachers, I appreciate what you do, but you work nine months of the year, you’re off in the summer, you’re off for all holidays and you’re off at Christmas, Thanksgiving and Spring Break. Really? What more do you want for your hours put in and time paid?

From Martinsburg:

I want to thank the gentleman who paid for our two lunches at Bob Evans on Tuesday. Thank you so much. We enjoyed it so much, and were so surprised.

From Jefferson County:

Yes Donald Trump claims the right for the shutdown of the government. The Democrats are bent on punishing the public as much as possible because they dared to elect somebody that believes in national security. The Democrats don’t care about the people, they just care about their agenda.

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